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Patented June 9, 1953 UNITED :STAT Es Vawr o I Robert W. Sampson, New `or`k,`N. Y.; Sand Wil- Jersey pany, .New York, LN; y., a empor-ation .of New ApplicationlMa-vav; 1947.,.fseiiai No. sonidos ilaims. 1

inventionrelates to railway cars andmore particularly to sbed :and chair arrangements -ior private :rooms 1in sleeping oars.

r`lobjeet of the invention is to ,provid-e a mounting for a sleeping car bed structure in a `singleoccupancy room whereby the bed structure v`follow an arcuate -path to clear ian 'anchored `chair structure when `moved edgewise between -a prone position and a lside storage position.

Another object of the invention is to mount va bed structure for sleeping car :rooms so that in stored position `the upper lside will provide an arm rest for the voccupant while seated in .an adiacenti -cha-ir structure.

-A Ifurthrer object of the invention is to .provide 4an arrangement in a ysleeping car whereby -a fixed -h-ead rest is engaged by the Ahinged back of a -side tiltable `chair structure to prevent the structure lfir-0in tilting when in 'upright position."

lAnother object oi the invention .is tovprovide a `railway car single occupancy room 'with a bed struct-ure that can be shifted 'between stored and prone positions .by the occupant while standing K entirely within the room.

YStill another object oi" the invention is 'to provide La bed and chair arrangement fora single occupancy railway car room .in which the `'chair is tilted .sidewise in order that it may be cleared by the bed when being shifted in an arcuate path .between stored and prone positions. l

These and other objects of the invention will be apparent t0 those skilled in the art from a study oi 'the lfollowing description and accompanying drawings, in whioh:

.Figure l 'is a horizontal sectional View o'f a .portion of arailway sleepingc'ar.

,Figure 2 is a 'iragmontaryview of the "bed/and adjacentend wall with the bedin prone position.

Figure '3 is 'a vertical sectional view 'through l.

r'one oi the rooms "taken on line "3e-*f3 oi Figure 1 showing the bed and chair struc-tures an intermediate position of adjustment.

Figure 4 is la 'view 'similar to Eli-gare 3 showing the bed 1in stored position 'and the chair in .position yfor occupancy.

Figure A5 is fa vview similar to 'Figures -3 yand i4 showing the bed in prone `position.

'Figure -6 .is a `fragmentary .perspective view oi the bed structure and associated room walls zon which it is mounted.

Figure '7 is 'a vf'ra'gin'e" "tary `sectional view of the bed and end mounting ineans.

The numeral l0 designates a conventional sleeping car yhaving outer side walls Il., lflooring l2 and vlongitudinally extendinglspaced `panels -I3 forming a center aisle therebetween. r'lhe longitudinal spaces between Athe ,panels and side walls are divided Ainto 'rooms or compartments 'I4 by transverse panels or walls "2L Each room has a clothes'clos'et l5 at one end along the aisle .panel and a combined toilet and wash Abasin structure l [i 'adjacentthe aisle panel at the other end. `The outer walls are .provided with windo'ws Il, one "for each room, with which is Aassociat'ed theilsl'lal lower sill i8. The 'panels have openings i9 between the clothes closets and toilet structures adapted to `be closed by sliding doors 'The rooms are preferably 'of 'the .single oocupancy type and 'are only large enough to accommodate "the essential equipment lfor 'one .passenger. Considerable diflicult'y has been A 'encountered in providing standard bed and 'chair structures for such rooms 'that can be arranged and mounted so the bed will clear the fixed 'chair ,structure .while 'being inovedbetween 'stored and prone positions. Thel present invention contemplates bed and chair structures 'that are arranged and mounted so that the occupant of 'a room will Ahave maximum space 'and comfort 'while the bed is in fstored 'position and can move "the bed between stored and prone positions while standing entirely within the room.

The bed pan is rectangular 'and comprises a wall 22' 'and a bottom plate 23. The pan wall is preferably foi-ined o'f a s'heet metal strip havling spaced inwardly extending bottom ianges Z5 between which the ed'ge's of the bottom plate 23 is retained. This strip is iolded around 'the bottom plateand the ends thereof are welded together "as at `3`3 or otherwise secured together. The upperv edge ofthe w'all strip is formed with inwardly extending bead 26 which serves to retain a mattress `2"! within the pan. A side board is comprised of sheet metal sections 428 and 29 secured together lby `piano -hinge 3D.. Section 28 Vis secured to a side wall or" the pan by rivets 3l and section `29`carries rollers 32. 'Seotion 2e is normally extended from sect-.10u28 'by suitable'rneans such as a spring (not shown).

3. The side board serves as a shield for bed clothes that may droop over the side of the pan and is wedged into a clamping engagement therewith by the roller engagement with the car side wall when the bed structure is in stored position.

The bed pan is stored edgewise adjacent the outer wall of the room and it is substantially the same length as the interior of the room and of substantially the same width as the space between the clothes closet andthe outer wall.

The chair structure is arranged in the space between the clothes closet and the space occupied by the bed structure when in stored position, such width being adequate to seat two average sized passengers. 'Ihe chair structure comprises pedestal 34 fixed to the floor, seat 35` and back 36 hinged to the seat for fore and aft folding. The seat is mounted on a pivot pin 31 extending longitudinally ofthe room and secured to the top of the pedestal. While the back can be folded down on the seat when in position for occupancy there is insufiicient clearance for moving the bed between stored and prone positions, but by pivoting the seat so that it can tilt down sidewise toward the outer wall suiicient clearance for movement of the bed between prone and stored positions is provided. h

A head rest 4U is xed to the room end panel 2| adjacent the chair and the chair back is arranged to lie directly beneath the head rest when in upright position. The head rest will act as a stop for the top of the chair back when in upright position thereunder to prevent side tilting of the chair. vT'he clothes closet hasv brackets 4| projecting therefrom to serve as supports for the chair seat when in occupant receiving position.

In order to clear the chair when it is tilted sidewise, the bed structure is mounted to swing in an arcuate path. Guide means is associated with the bed pan and the room end walls for this purpose. Guideways 44 extend horizontally of the room and are secured to the inner sur- Afaces of the room end panels. The room end panels 2| terminate short of the car side walls and are clamped between sections 45 and 46 of vertical guideways secured to the adjacent car side wall. These vertical guideways while fixed to the car side wall cooperate with the end panels to form therewith the end walls of the room. Rollers 41 are rotatably mounted on shafts .48 projecting beyond the ends of and adjacent one side of the bed pan and are carried by ends of corner brackets y49 extending above the top of the bed pan` Spacers 50are welded in the outermost corners of the bed pan and brackets 49 are detachably secured theretol by screws 5|. Brackets 52 are secured .to the underside of the bed pan and carry shafts 53 projecting beyond the ends of the bed pan and carrying rollers 54. These shafts 53 are arranged to one side of the longitudinal center line of the bed pan so that gravity will aid theoccupant in moving the bed structure edgewise to stored position.

The bed structure is supported by the rollers 54 in the horizontal guideways 44 when prone, and by the rollers` 41 resting,V against the terminals of the slots at the bottom portions of the Vertical guideways when in edgewise stored position. In moving between stored and prone positions the underside of the bed structure follows approximately an arcuate path as indicated by line 60. As the bed structure moves between prone and stored positions, it will Contact? the 4 tilted chair structure back and will carry the chair structure therewith but as the chair structure is pivotally mounted it will not interfere with movement of the bed structure.

The invention may be modified in various respects as will occur to those skilled in the art and the exclusive use of all modications as come Within the scope of the appended claims is contemplated.

What is claimed is:

l. In a sleeping car having a room with a side wall and transversely extending end Walls, a bed substantially coextensive longitudinally with the room, vertical guideways carried by the side walls forming a part of the end walls, horizontal guideways carried by the end walls, and means fixed to project from the ends of the bed and engaging in the guideways whereby the bed will be supported and guided sidewise in an arcuate path between a prone horizontal position and a storage position resting on one side adjacent the side wall.

2. In a sleeping car, a room having an aisle wall, an outside wall, end walls and a floor, a bed pan substantially the same length as and of slightly less width than the room movably mounted on the end walls for arcuate movement between a horizontal prone position and a vertical stored position with one side resting adjacent the oor near the outside Wall, and a seat structure permanently mounted in the room having a seat pivotally mounted for tilting on an axis longitudinally of the room and a back 'foldable on the seat when shifting the position of the pan, said chair structure being located at one end of the room between the bed pan in its stored position and the aisle wall, the bottom of the bed pan engaging the folded back of the tilting seat structure and swinging the seat and back therewith when moved to horizontal position thereby lowering the path `of bed pan movement required to clear the chair structure.

3. In a railway sleeping car, a room dened by a car side wall, an aisle wall parallel with the side wall and spaced transverse walls interconnecting the side and aisle walls, a rigid iixedlength bed in said room of substantially the same length as the room, similar oppositely disposed horizontally extending guideways in the room Iixed to the transverse walls, similar oppositely disposed vertically extending guideways in the room fixed to the transverse walls adjacent the side wall and extending from adjacent the floor to a point above the horizontally extending guideways, rollers mounted at the ends of and adjacent one side edge of the bed, said rollers being mounted in the vertical guideways, and rollers mounted at the ends of and slightly off of the transverse center line of the bed, said last mentioned rollers being mounted in the horizontal guideways, said bed being supported and guided sidewise in an arcuate path by said rollers and guideways while being moved between a stored position with one side adjacent the floor and side walls and a horizontal position for passenger occupancy.

4. In a sleeping car, a room having a side wall and end walls, a bed substantially coextensive longitudinally with the room and mounted to be swung in an arcuate path between a prone position or to a storage position adjacent the side wall with its sides parallel with the oor, similar horizontally extending guideways mounted on the end Walls in the same location, similar vertically extending guideways mounted on the end walls in similar location, means mounted on the ends of a side edge portion of the bed riding in the vertical guideways, and means mounted on the bed sides in offset relation from the transverse 5 center line of the bed riding in the horizontal guideways.

ROBERT W. SAMPSON.

WILLIAM E. MONTGOMERY. lo

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